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Titanic Memorial at the Bandstand

 

A rectangular granite memorial affixed to the wall underneath columns facing the bandstand. In the centre of the memorial is a bronze portrait medallion of Woodward, with a bronze relief of a violin underneath. To the left is a rectangular bronze inscribed plaque and to the right of the medallion, a relief plaque in bronze depicting the sinking ship and lifeboats.

 

Inscription:

Left hand panel:

 

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS

A TRIBUTE TO THE SELF

SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION OF

JOHN WESLEY WOODWARD

(FORMERLY A MEMBER OF

THE EASTBOURNE MUNICIPAL

ORCHESTRA

THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE’S

ORCHESTRA

AND THE GRAND HOTEL EASTBOURNE

ORCHESTRA,

WHO WITH OTHERS OF THE

HERO-MUSICIANS OF THE

SHIP’S BAND PERISHED IN

THE ATLANTIC THROUGH THE

SINKING OF THE WHITE STAR

LINER “TITANIC”

ON APRIL 15TH 1912.

 

“FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH”

 

Grade II listed.

 

www.publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=27

 

 

There is a commemorative plaque at the rear of the current bandstand in memory of Eastbourne bandsman John Wesley Woodward, who was one of those playing on the Titanic when it sank on 15 April 1912.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastbourne_Bandstand

 

See more here:-

www.eastbournebandstand.co.uk/about/titanic/

 

Bandstand and Colonnade at Grand Parade, Eastbourne

 

Leslie Rosevere made this addition to the seafront in 1935. It revived the earlier Neo-Grec style and consists of a long colonnade faced in faience of various colours with a circular bandstand topped by a shallow blue roof. There are columns of the Tuscan and Composite orders. Facing the bandstand are two covered viewing areas. The "stylish and ambitious" structure replaced one dating from 1899.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Eastbourne

 

See also:-

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastbourne_Bandstand

 

www.revolvy.com/topic/Eastbourne%20Bandstand&item_typ...

 

www.eastbournebandstand.co.uk/about/titanic/

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